Welcome to the third annual Rayonsports.com mock draft of college players to the National Football League. This year our panel of expert draft analysts will expand our picks to three rounds. Here are our guesses for how the NFL’s teams will restock their rosters through the college draft: Round One USC QB Sam Darnold … Read More
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NFL – Bills’ Season Review – Part 4
The fourth and final entry of our Bills’ 2017 season review takes a look at positions of need for the team going into next season, and some possible avenues, through trades, free agency and the draft, that they can address those needs: Quarterback There is almost no chance the Bills bring back Tyrod … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Season Review- Part 3
Part 3 of our Buffalo Bills’ season review looks at the defensive side of the ball, which had an up and down season and looks like it will be going through a lot of changes entering the 2018 season. Here’s a positon-by-position look at the defense, and also the special teams: Defensive Line There a … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Season Review – Part 2
Part 2 of our Bills’ season review deals with the offense, a major weakness in the 2017 season. The unit regressed under new offensive coordinator Rick Dennison, leading to Dennison’s departure after only a single season. Both the rushing and passing attacks had sub-par results, and there are major questions about what direction the offense … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Season Review – Part 1
This is Part 1, 2017 edition, of our annual four part series reviewing the Buffalo Bills’ season. This first section deals with the management and coaching side of the franchise: “All this team needs is a real leader who will demand accountability from his players and who has some semblance of organizational skills.” That was the final sentence of the management/coaching … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Saturday Night Surprise
The final week of the NFL’s regular season will be played this weekend, and one of the matchups is between 2 old rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. The Steelers are headed to the playoffs with a first round bye secured, while the Browns are winless and are the league’s ultimate bottom-feeders, having won … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Tie A Yellow Ribbon
The Philadelphia Eagles face the Oakland Raiders on this week’s NFL schedule, taking our Throwback Thursday feature back to Super Bowl XV, played between these 2 franchises on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, to decide the NFL’s championship for the 1980 season. The atmosphere surrounding the game was patriotic, as the Iran hostage crisis … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Mel Gray’s Phantom Catch
It’s another week of the National Football League schedule, and another Throwback Thursday feature. This week, the Washington Redskins face the Arizona Cardinals, and our TBT will highlight a game played on November 16, 1975 between these two teams. The Cardinals were based in St. Louis at the time and both clubs were members of … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Golden Boy’s Final Golden Moment
Throwback Thursday for this week harkens back to the 1965 National Football League championship game, played on January 2, 1966. It was contested on a sloppy field between two teams that match up on this week’s NFL schedule – the Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns. Both franchises were powerhouses at the time, with the Browns … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Cookie Sets The Tone
An AFC East matchup between old American Football League rivals, the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills, is on this week’s NFL schedule, and for our Throwback Thursday feature we’re going to throw it way back, to the 1964 AFL season, to a game played between these 2 teams on December 20, 1964. It was … Read More